Auto-Correction Has Been Turned Off

I must admit, the letters from my great-great grandmother, Christine Norby, are rather difficult to transcribe. The auto-correct feature of Word, usually so helpful, has met its match! And it thinks its smarter than Christine. Well, I think I managed to keep all of the wonderful immigrant spelling in tact and I love this letter for it.

I just hope you can read it without wishing this blog had a translation feature.

Oakland
Sept. 24, 1941

Dear Marie,

Et is long time since I wrot to you. Hopp jau are vell and like jaur vork – what I ment vith this line is to ask jau girls to be god to jour mother nave when she has after fang suffering fel better try to do vhat she sais – and food that she like.

David is home nave sa it shold be hard for her to stay her – He come home today in the afternoon.

Garfield take him upp from Blair. He is glad to be home after staing et the hospital seven month and agian plice be good to jour mother. I know et is hard some time – but jou knave if she breke down agian it vill be harder to get vell and et sais in the Bible Honor Jour Father and Mother. I She has that much af jou Marie – and I hopp to here the best. Betty is villing to help –

I vill send the card from Elin is sone et coms her greethings to jau all

From Grandma

(Christine Norby)